Toothbrush holder



March 8, 1949. D. P. WRIGHT TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER Filed NOV. 2, 1945 arr:Y5.

Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOOTHBRUSH HOLDERDonald P. Wright, La Fayette, Ind.

Application November 2, 1945, Serial No. 626,367

My invention relates to a toothbrush holder and has for its object theprovision of a holder which can contain a plurality of toothbrushes,which will support the toothbrushes in a position such that water mayreadily drain from the bristles thereof, which will provide adequateventilation for the bristles, which will be attractive in appearance,and which can be simply and economically manufactured.

In carrying out my invention I form the holder with a horizontal bodyportion adapted at its inner end for attachment to a wall and providedwith a series of horizontally extending pockets opening in the outer endface of the body and each adapted to receive the handle of a toothbrush.On the outer end of the body there is pivotally mounted a cover adaptedto protect from above and at least partially to conceal thebristle-bearing end of toothbrushes disposed in the pockets.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention: Fig. 1 is anisometric view of the toothbrush holder; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The holder illustrated in the drawing comprises a flat body portion Inprovided at its inner end with an upwardly projecting flange ll throughwhich there extend holes l2 adapted to receive screws by which theholder may be secured to a wall. The holder-body I is provided with aseries of horizontal pockets II! which open in the outer end face of thebody and each of which is of an appropriate size to receive the handleof a toothbrush ll.

Pivotally secured to the outer end of the body Ill on an axis near theupper edge thereof is a cover having a top wall 15, an outer wall 16,and end walls I1. Preferably, the cover is connected to the body ID by ahinge of the piano type, the upper wall l5 of the cover and the body I0being provided with interdigitated projections 20 through which a pivotpin 2| extends.

By reason of the pivotal interconnection provided by the pin 2| thecover may be swung upwardly from the full-line position to thedottedline position illustrated in Fig. 2. Downward swinging movement ofthe cover is limited by engagement of the ends of the end walls I! withthe outer end face of the body III, the arrangement conveniently beingsuch that the upper faces of the body and top wall I5 are flush witheach other when the cover is in its lowermost position.

3 Claims. (Cl. 21165) In'use, the holder is secured to a wall in anappropriate location by means of screws (not shown) extending throughthe holes I2 and into the wall, thus leaving the body of the holderprojecting horizontally from the wall. When it is desired to insert orremove a toothbrush, the cover is raised to expose the ends of thepockets l3 into any of which a toothbrush may be inserted or removedwhen the cover is raised. Toothbrushes are inserted into the pockets ISwith the bristles projecting downwardly, as will be clear from Fig. 2,with the result that water contained in the bristles may freely draintherefrom. Since the space within the cover is open at its bottom, thebristles are in free contact with the air; and this fact, coupled withthe fact that water drains freely from the bristles, permits Both thebody portion and the cover may be conveniently formed of molded plasticor other material, and the body may be provided in its upper surfacewith a shallow circular recess 22 adapted to receive a drinking glass.

tects the bristles from dust and substantially entirely conceals anybrushes that the holder may contain.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toothbrush holder, comprising a body adapted to be secured in ahorizontal position on a wall, said body being provided with a pluralityof spaced, horizontally extending pockets each deep enough to receiveand support the handle of a toothbrush while leaving the bristle-bearingend of the toothbrush outside the pocket, and a cover mounted on saidbody for movement between positions in which it respectively covers andexposes the bristle-bearing end of a toothbrush in any of said pockets.

2. The invention set forth in claim 1 with the addition that said coveris hingedly mounted on said body, said cover including top, side, andend walls and being swingable upwardly from a. position in which saidtop wall is substantially flush with the upper surface of said body.

3. The invention set forth in claim 1 with the addition that said coveris hingedly mounted on said body.

DONALD P. WRIGHT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,272,010 Ciglia July 9, 19181,512,942 Mahaify Oct. 28, 1924 2,154,486 Berman Apr. 18, 1939 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 794,479 France Dec. 12, 1935

